THE COMMONWEALTH SHORT STORY COMPETITION

Are you a young writer? Do you need ways to get your writing out there?

Maybe this is your opportunity. Enter for the Commonwealth Short Story Competition. Here are some details:

About the competition

The Commonwealth Short Story Competition is an annual scheme to promote new creative writing. The winner receives a prize of £2,000 and there are regional prizes of £500.

How to enter

The competition is open to all people who are citizens of a Commonwealth member country.

There is no age limit or requirement to write about a particular theme. Entries may be made by both amateur and professional writers.

The deadline for entries is 11 May 2009.

The following are the rules of the competition.

• All entries must clearly state the author's name, date of birth, full contact details and country of citizenship.

• The stories must not exceed 600 words. Entries over 600 words in length will be disqualified. The word count should be stated on the entry.

• The stories must be original and should not have been previously published anywhere in full or part. Entrants must confirm this in writing as part of the application.

• All entries must be in English.

• A maximum of three stories may be entered per person.

• Entries must be made by email to e.dcosta@commonwealth.int, either as an attachment in a mainstream software format or in the body of the email. All entries must use the subject line 'Commonwealth Short Story Competition'.

• The competition administrators reserve the right to disqualify any competition entry which does not meet the conditions outlined above. No correspondence will be entered into in this regard.


For more information, visit: http://www.cba.org.uk/awards_and_competitions/Short_Story/2009_ShortStoryComp.php